Z at 10 months

The day after his 9 month mark, he mastered “the worm”.  He started with a pushup and then flopped himself forward, doing it again and again to cross the room.  And since then he quickly progressed to crawling and is now all over the place and into everything!  His super happy, easy going, beaming personality has not faded one bit.  He is constantly charming everyone he sees with his contagious smile and handsome blue eyes.  He loves to eat; his favorites are oatmeal, blueberries, spaghetti and ice cream.  He won’t take a bottle anymore but loves his new 360 sippy and LOVES to drink from my glass like a big kid.  His favorite toys are his busy board, his stuffed turtle from Maui, his bug, the light up asterisk and any kitchen utensil he can chew on while I’m cooking.  His other favorite hobbies include trying to eat his sisters’ legos, chewing on the ends of my shoe laces, pulling DVDs off the shelf and playing ticktock with Daddy.  When I call his name, he whips around with a big ol grin, knowing he’s been caught.  He loves to sleep with a blanket snuggled against his cheek and his fuzzy blanket bear.  He sleeps through the night and takes two solid naps a day unless he’s teething and then no one sleeps at all.  His sisters adore him and still fight over getting to hold him, especially at bedtime.  They love feeding him (especially with his airplane spoon) and sneaking him treats.  He loves his baths, especially now that he doesn’t need the infant bathtub, he just gets a sink full of bubbles and a washcloth to chew.  And he’s noisy! He loves to squeal and jabber and says “mama”.  He recognizes the signs for “more” and “all done”.  He is super ticklish and gives the best, tightest, most eager, whole hearted hugs.  He grabs onto me, buries his hands in my hair and then enthusiastically claps his very soggy open mouth onto my cheek for what I think is a kiss.